Thursday, March 25, 2010

The trouble with the online museum community is that it’s so fractious. The people who use the many industry list-servs don’t necessarily use Twitter or blogs, and vice versa. A productive conversation using one of these mediums might not reach the users of the other mediums. Museos might also focus their reading on a particular topic, such as historic preservation, interactive design, or education. This is understandable. The internet is a huge place and our free time is limited. But what happens when we look in unexpected places?

We find new people voicing similar sentiments in a variety of mediums.

Today, because it’s lunchtime, here is a video on the subject of museums and salaries. (Don’t lie to me museos. I know you take a working lunch!) It was put out by the Museums Association. Their YouTube account seems largely dormant, which is a shame considering this video, “Is your salary commensurate with your experience?”:

What about you, Museos? How do you think your salary stacks up in terms of your education and experience? It isn’t a question we asked directly on the salary survey, but it would be interesting to know how you feel.

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Museos Unite is dedicated to ending the tyranny of low salaries, poor benefits, and lackluster advancement opportunities for highly skilled and highly trained professionals (particularly those with multiple degrees) wanting to work in the museum sector.

Museo (n., English) - any person who is working in, volunteering in, or seeking work in a museum. Person interested in collaborating to change the way museums are run not only for the benefit of the public, but for the betterment of Museos' situation in regards to pay, benefits, and professional development.

Kirsten Teasdale is a museum educator at a small history museum in an outer-borough of NYC. She has no unionization options.

Kat Hinkel is a Philadelphia-based marketing & development associate who works in her family business. She spends a lot of time thinking about museums.